R - Statistical Analysis

This page is a jumping point for our lab notes on the use of R for data analysis.

• Introduction to R
  • Basic Information
  • File locations
  • Defining a user function
  • Intro to generating graphic plots
  • Importing (and exporting) data
  • Saving R sessions
  • Running R scripts
• Fitting data to a mathematical model
  • Specifying and carrying out a fit to a function
  • Assessment of fit quality - residuals
  • Standard error of the fit parameters
  • Confidence intervals
  • Interdependence of parameters
  • What about p-values, t-values?
• Intermediate Plotting - much more on specifying plots
  • graphing data and theory
  • symbols, sizes, color, line widths
  • plot and axes labels
  • over-riding axes defaults
  • over-riding general defaults